Thursday, April 26, 2012

A couple of years ago I ordered a kit from Old Fashion Baby to make a day gown.I was so excited but knew I needed to practice my embroidery so I got some scrap fabric and practiced on it. When I showed it to Jeannie,she told me to start on the fabric she sent me so I did.It is the pretty white fabric. I just do a little at a time but I'm getting there. The day gown lessons are hereon her blog and you can order the kit from her Sewing Shop!The blue will be washed out and the white embroidery thread will show up better when I get through.For some reason it takes me so long to do anything. Grrrr!!!

I ordered this book from a fellow blogger!I LOVE it!If you haven't visited Rhonda's Blog you should!I have learned so much from her. Here is an excerpt from her book that I love and agree with:

"What I had been doing was working in a job I didn't like so I had enough money to pay for a lifestyle I didn't want.I was shopping for clothes and shoes to make me look like everyone else. I was buying things for my home to make me feel comfortable in a place I didn't get take the time to feel comfortable in. And I was buying food to comfort and nurture because I didn't feel at ease in my life and I didn't have the time or energy to cook the food I liked.This destructive behaviour seemed to be quite acceptable and , from what I could see, my family and friends were doing asimilar thing. Continuous consumption was even encouraged by our government, who told us that shopping was good for the country and we were growing the economy."

I've also been working on a cute top for "Angel"!Again, I take way too long to do stuff.I think it is gonna be cute though.

I have had this forever and it is great for embroidery, or handsewing. It has a light and a magnifier.Recently my friend Allie showed one on her blog.I don't know if it was the same thing but it reminded me to get mine out and use it!!And I do LOVE it!

Last year my blogging friend, Jackie sent me some minkyfabric scraps. I just now started using it and I love it.I found a tutorial that showed how to make baby washcloths. You can use minky, fleece, or flannel on one sideand do some simple quilting on them. They are quick and easy to whip up.You can find the tutorial Here!

It looks like I have been doing a lot and sometimes I do.BUTThis week I got an injection in the shoulder joint andI am taking pain meds, (which I hate)and doing a lot of laying aroundand moaning and groaningBUTI have an MRI scheduled this coming Monday.Please pray that it will just go away.***********************

I feel so guilty even complaining about my aches and painswhen I have a close friend that has cancer and is not doing wellANDMy Mom.Wow. She just came through surgery on her eyelid from cancerand did it stop her? NO!!!She went to work the next day!!!Please keep both of them in your prayers.

Monday, April 23, 2012

32 years ago today my sister n law ("Sweet Hunters" sister) passed away in her sleep at the age of 20 years old.We never found out why.The death certificate said unknown.Sad.

BUT this was a turning point in our life.We didn't attend church at that time.This changed our lives.Someone you love passing away has a way of making you re-evaluate your own life.

We got saved and joined a church and have been going since.We were members at one church for 11 years.Then the Lord led us to our home church where we attend now and we have been there 21 years.We call it HOME.This event in our lives changed us forever.Sometimes we wonder why things happen like they dobut I wonder if our lives would be the same todayif Donna had not left us.Things happen to make us look up.

Three weeks after Donna's death, we had a baby girlnamed Maranda. When we first saw her laying in thenursery, she turned her head and lifted it up and looked right at us, as if to say everything is alright now..When my Mother in law saw the baby, she said she looked just like Donna.To this day my MIL will forget and call her Donna instead of Maranda.Our baby girl was an answer to prayer.We now have 4 children and 5 grandchildren. We are blessed.This was truly a turning point in our lives for eternity.

******************************"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."2 Corinthians 5:17

Granny's PERFECT Quilt

It is PERFECT. Perfectly PERFECT. Oh I don't mean perfect stitches, or perfect seams, or perfectly square. It is PERFECT for snuggling under on a rainy, dreary day. It is PERFECT for wrapping up a grandchild who is spending the night. It is PERFECT for making a house when draped over a chair & an end table. It is PERFECT for winding around and around a doll. It is PERFECT for covering up in the car when the air conditioning is on full blast. It is PERFECT for laying on the carpet and putting a baby down for his nap. God has touched Granny's heart and her hands, and her life. He has made her an artist. He has given her the gift of PERFECT quilts.

Written by Marlene B. about the quilt she bought from Granny. (Excerpt from Oct. 7, 2009 post on her blog)

Our Forever Farm

Our Little PEACE of Heaven

"Oh that God would give every mother a vision of the glory and splendor of the work that is given to her when a babe is place in her bosom to be nursed and trained! Could she have but one glimpse in to the future of that life as it reaches on into eternity; could she look into it's soul to see its possibilities; could she be made to understand her own personal responsibility for the training of this child, for the development of its life, and for its destiny,--she would see that in all God's world there is no other work so noble and so worthy of her best powers, and she would commit to no others hands the sacred and holy trust given to her." -JR Miller

Our Prayer

Lord, help us to PLAN, PREPARE, & PLANT what you would have us to. Help us to WEED out of our lives what should not be there. Lord, help us to GROW through you in our relationships, our attitudes, and our lives, always being in your will. Help us to always walk with you. Let us always be thankful and content. Amen